all while losing .65% hit (17 hit rating). The HP and MP are whatever, the 1 spell damage is whatever, and losing that much hit to gain less in crit, for around 500g+ in mats (head enchant, meta gem, red gem, ebonweave, imbued bolts)....

NOT WORTH IT.

get the argent skullcap (or any of the easily attainable quest blues i had in my bank at the time too) and be happy until you replace it with raid gear. the +3% crit damage is an added bonus to this hat, but hardly offsets the cost, like at all.

I crafted this without much forethought, assuming it would be a decent upgrade based on the cost alone. at least gold is easy to come by i guess...

Kommentar von Falcon213

For a frost mage (and probably frostfire as well), a chaotic skyflare is a must. Nearly 70% of my spells are crits, so the crit damage bonus alone is over 2% increase in dps.

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Kommentar von Mekarn

being a shadow priest, I socketed mine with this. both for the nice +dmg and the reduced threat. however, I guess this is a good alternative for many players. the red socket was given one for me (runed scarlet ruby).

I bought the gems from AH for a few hundred gold, since I could get the rest of the mats myself being a tailor. if you buy from guildies you might have to pay less than I did. ;)

an alternative for this, regarding the +hit, is of course the argent skullcap. however, this offers less base stats and less +dmg (depending on sockets). the +hit rating is, however, superior on the argent skullcap but I choose the hat of wintry doom every day of the week.

Kommentar von incoming00

correction, you only need 90 frostweave. 105 would make 7 imbued bolts, while you only need 6.which also means you only need 12 infinite dust instead of 14.my mistake.... forgot about the ebonweave :p

Kommentar von imbapaladin

This helm is going to be the best pre-raid helm for FFB mages. Its going to be little expensive. All the mats for the helm,head enchant and the metagem,but It's all worth it.

The best choice for the metagem is Chaotic Skyflare Diamond. It is worth about 150-200 DPS for FFB mages, which makes most headpieces without a meta socket a bad choice.

Kommentar von Mairin

The new wintergrasp cloth dps helm in 3.0.8 looks like the direct upgrade of this with the same hit and sockets and an additional 34 spell power (int is close enough and the stam/res aren't primary pve stats).

Kommentar von Siddaru

One reason I can see to get this is that it appears to be the only decent "hat" at level 80. WoW is an RPG, so a lot of people love good looking gear, and if you're a fan of the stylin' hats or the fishing hats then you'll like this.

Kommentar von ldyrebel1010

To anybody who says "its not worth it, xyz helm w/o a meta slot is better" is wrong. At least for frostfire bolt raiding (which is tops on dps atm, until they buff some other mage specs).

Get Rawr, plug in your character and a full compliment of raid buffs. This helm w/ the CSD meta gem is better than any epic helm without a meta slot. Heck, Nether Runner's Cowl with a meta actually counts for more dps than Faerlina's Madness (let alone the Argent Skullcap).

Kommentar von Mudpuppet

Arcane CAN be top DPS, IF there's already a frostfire mage in the raid. (if the arcane mage is properly geared and knows to stay tight on his rotation). Frostfire provides the raid with extra crit on the bosses, which is much more that any arcane mage can ever do.

Specing into arcane dose not mean that you will out DPS yourself in a raid compared to your old frostfire spec.

Also, wintry doom is deffinatly a must for getting into a raid to help with hit capping, or the new pvp one. Personal pref though... get wintry doom . I've used a lot of pvp gear in the past to pve with, but honestly, i hate doing it. If you are going to pvp a lot, go ahead and grab it, but for pvp myself, i got the salvation one with haste instead of the hit. Most people are pvping with pve gear right now, so i already have a ton of hit.

Kommentar von Roxon

notice the lame graphic for an item with such an awesome name.

Kommentar von Sijen

Well... Is it just me, or isn't it stupid to have this hat?I mean.. You can't get a use of the Meta Socket, there's no meta gem which requires only 1 red gem..?

Kommentar von Lezanstar

If you are a frostfire bolt mage and your current helm doesn't have a meta socket, I would suggest going with this until you can find something better that has one.

Do not make the mistake of assuming that just because something comes from Naxx25 that it is better for your dps. If it doesn't have a meta socket, it is garbage.

Kommentar von lapdragon

It's also a pretty rockin' hat for a Moonkin, but a little sad that helms don't show when shapeshifted - a boomkin wearing a pimphat would just rock :-)

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Kommentar von LurkerPatrol

I'm a pimp, I walk with a limp. I step inside orgrimmar eatin' on shrimp.

Kommentar von Dragonberry

why does it say Wintry? It's misspelled!

Kommentar von joneru

This is the only BoE helm that has a meta socket.

Kommentar von Frederick

Recommendedalways lack of gold to buy items/gears/equipts from AH?we just enjoy our game, stop wasting our time to farm.I Recommend a good and honest site wich offer all the BOE items/gears/equiptswww.itemvendor.com

Kommentar von Videobrain

Its official.Doom CAN be fasionable!

Kommentar von infomatic

Should be called "Hat of Wintry Frostbite". Really, you need some ear coverage for this sort of environment. I was hoping for a "Fargo" hat.